Dionysius Iovinianus

Dionysius Iovinianus (24 BC-12 AD) was a general of the Roman Republic.

Biography
Dionysius Iovinianus was born in 24 BC in Portus Pisanus (Pisa, Italy) to a family of patricians, and he was commissioned as an officer of the Roman Army. In 12 AD Emperor Augustus sent Iovinianus to support Germancius' wars in Germania against the Suebi and the Germanic tribes. Iovinianus and a 1,000-strong Roman army, Legio XI Germania, were dispatched to invade Germania, but in 12 AD the legion was wiped out at the Battle of Unsleben by the Suebi. Iovinianus barely escaped the battle, and he committed suicide due to the dishonor he faced.